Green Youth Movement to Be Honored at Earth Day Celebration!

Green Youth Movement to Be Honored at Earth Day Celebration!
Business Wire
LOS ANGELES -- April 17, 2013
Green Youth Movement (GYM), a non-profit organization located in Beverly Hills
CA, will be honored by The Children’s Nature Institute (CNI) at its annual
Gala Dinner & Awards on April 25^th, 2013.
GYM wasestablished by mother-daughter team Rochelle and Ally Maize seven
years ago. Allywas inspired to start GYM after watching "The Inconvenient
Truth" by Al Gore in a school science class. Concerned by what she learned
aboutglobal warming, Ally decided to do something about it.She wanted to
reach out to other children tomake them aware of current environmental
issues, thus GYM was born. GYM’smissionis to educate kidsworldwideon
environmental awareness & living green, and to establishthis information as
part of the curriculum in elementary schools.
In 2011, GYM’s new president, Chloe Mills, spearheaded a partnership with The
Education and Environment Initiative (EEI).The state of California approved
this curriculum for the classroomandis currently poised to lead the nation
in environmental literacy. GYM is now in a partnership with the State to
promote this new program. Today,EEIcontinues totrainGYM members to
represent EEI and become ambassadors for California.
“TheChildren's Nature Institute shares our same vision and passion in
educating our youth on living green. We are thrilled to be the proud recipient
of the ‘Catalyzing Action’ award at this year’s event in recognition of our
contribution to the environmental community,"said GYM co-founder, Rochelle
Maize.
The "World of Wonder" Gala Dinner & Awards takes place on April 25th, 2013 at
The Museum of Flying. Fellow honorees include The Boeing Company, who will
receive the ‘Revitalizing Action’ award, and Fox Entertainment Group who will
receive the ‘Creating Action’ award for its FOXGIVES community outreach
program. The event is a critical fundraiser that allows the CNI to offer its
Nature Discovery Program free-of-charge to underserved childrenthroughout L.A
county.
www.Greenyouthmovement.org
www.ChildrensNatureInstitute.org
www.CaliforniaEEI.org
Contact:
Green Youth Movement
Lucinda Blencowe, 310.888.3321